[Suzerain of Sheol]

Originally Posted by Salone

Now that I think on it, I feel like Trisphee's story could use a bit of a rework, or possible full on rewrite.

As Coda said, it's an idea. Doing so would likely involve a communal throwing of our hands in the air and giving up on the entire mess that was the plot, which I suppose there's been inertia to actually doing.

I'm not flaming, or trying to step on toes. However, it does feel like most of the story chapters were released with little to no fanfare, and had almost nothing tying them in to really bring people to want to read them.

Well, no, they stopped getting event or art support some time ago, which led to the forced abandonment of the project, more or less. We began to shove the plot updates into the most lifeless corner of the forums while running events themed around the site mascots that went nowhere. I don't really have an answer as to why that happened. It was not a decision I had any part in.

I'll be honest, I didn't even know Trisphee had an ongoing story for several months. And now looking back, quite a few bits do not fit together or are completely contradictory. The threads detailing the planets and races of the Trisphee universe alone contradicts itself about every three sentences, and it seems like the stories have fallen to the side entirely.

That honestly should have been deleted years ago, it's an artifact of the days before I had anything to do with the story, and it's embarrassingly poorly written. I think its sheer age has deterred anyone from removing it.

I mean, we haven't had one since *checks* March of 2014? Could we try to jumpstart them perhaps? Perform a full reboot or even a rework of the story? It would allow you to start fresh instead of keeping to the current obscure or convoluted world setting rules, and bringing back events that tied in to the story would be fun and engaging. I don't know if anyone actually enjoys reading them or not these days, but it could be worth a shot.

They stopped because I was in the hospital for a year and the site moved on in the meantime (or, rather, withered up into the limping husk it is now), and no one was really reading them before that anyway. I still have all my notes on where it was going, but I doubt the plot that was in motion will ever be finished. There really just seems to be no reason or interest to.

And in terms of a re-imagining and starting from a clean slate, I'm not entirely sure what form a new story for the site should take. Whatever it might be, though, would require integrated support in items, events, and themed games to prevent it from stagnating and choking to death the way the last one did. It can't stand on its own.

I'm still here, though, even if I don't post much, if anything is ever sorted out regarding it. I have no real attachment to the extant plot as it stands, besides the amount of hours I put into writing it. It was always an effort of trying to salvage something deeply, deeply flawed from its very inception, and it could only go so far. I would not be opposed to attempting something new or different in the future; it's the details and logistics that I'm at a loss to account for.

-Suze